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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

BusinessEquipment

Red Hook Terminal Orders Trac Intermodal to Remove Chassis

Red Hook Container Terminal in Newark, N.J., is the latest to kick chassis off its property to free up space to store containers due to the growth of larger vessels traveling through the Panama Canal.

October 13, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Hybrid Truck Startup XL Gets $22 Million From Exelon, Ikea

XL Hybrids Inc. won $22 million in venture capital funding led by units of Exelon Corp. and Ikea Group to accelerate sales of its hybrid-electric delivery trucks.

October 12, 2017
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Cargo Volumes Surge at Southern California Ports; Virginia Sees 8.2% Gain

Container traffic continues to flourish in the peak shipping season, easily outpacing last year’s totals in September.

October 12, 2017
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

FHWA Seeks Comment on Definition of Automobile Transporter

The Federal Highway Administration is considering revising its definition of automobile transporters to allow more flexibility in the type of trailers used to haul vehicles.

October 12, 2017
BusinessEquipment

Truckload Earnings Expected to Be Mixed for Third Quarter, but Brighter Times Are Ahead, Insiders Say

Wall Street analysts expect truckload carriers to report mixed third-quarter earnings, despite a boost in business related to hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

October 12, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuel

Trucking Leaders, Administration Chiefs to Address Key Industry Issues at MCE

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta are among the speakers who will address key industry issues at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 21-25 in Orlando, Fla.

October 12, 2017
TechnologyEquipment

Android Platform Now Dominates Industrial Mobile Computing, Device Manufacturers Say

The popularity of the Android platform with consumer mobile devices has spread to industrial mobile computing.

October 11, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

Coming Soon to California: Cars Without a Human Behind the Wheel

California took another step Oct. 11 toward permitting testing of self-driving vehicles without a human driver, continuing a shift away from previous policies that companies criticized as being overly restrictive.

October 11, 2017
TechnologyEquipment

Industrial Handhelds Maintain Niche in LTL Despite Ubiquity of Consumer Mobile Devices

The immense popularity of Android and Apple smartphones and tablets has led many truckload carriers to deploy mobile applications that drivers can run on those consumer devices.

October 11, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuelAutonomous

Platooning: Coming Soon to a Truck Near You

Truck platooning — also known by the more precise but less compelling term “cooperative adaptive cruise control” — will soon become available to trucking fleets interested in testing the latest in fuel-saving technology.

October 11, 2017